Ben reaches out to grab the teeth of a T Rex at the Cleveland Natural History Museum. As the sign says, looking down the throat of what was...

You can't get much cooler than a snowman in a beret and a yellow leopard shirt stickin ' to the grey skies with uplifted arms. No su...

White Knoll Middle looks like your typical school from the outside. Bell, flag pole, parking lot. You get the picture. But unless and until ...

This is a picture of Hector (big dog) and Suzi (little dog). They come from totally different hoods. Hector is from East 185th Street in Cl...

I don’t think there exists a parent who has ever stood civilly in line at the grocery store who has not (at least) once sworn to abandon som...

And you know what? Even thought this blog "nags me like the goblin bee that will not state its sting" (thank you emily) I haven...

When we boarded the Croatian Airlines flight from Frankfurt to Zagreb, all these men started boarding who were quite tall, high cheek bones ...

Croatia does dark like West Virginia does dark. Real dark. Mountainous dark. Winding two lane roads through total blackness. Dark. So when w...

That little figure in the purple fleece is me standing in front of our hotel in Franfurt, which was not intended to be a stop on our way. Th...

Tomorrow we leave for Croatia. I haven't been obsessing about it until today. The clothes are in the bag, housesitting arrangements i...

"Mankind will need to venture far beyond planet Earth to ensure the long-term survival of our species, according to the world's bes...

I had the best time visiting Saluda Trail Middle School. Please Please if you read this click on the school name above and hyperlink to the ...

Born November 11, 2006 at 4:59 pm. Weight: 4 lbs. 9 oz. (tiny baby!). She joins mom and dad (Katie and Doug) and her big sister Steph and br...

You have to give respect to get it! Be the best you can be! Fairness! Play by the rules, be a winner! Giraffe heroes stick their necks out f...

“Tradition encourages us to think that those who are book smart are lacking in street smarts. We are inclined to think that even if [intelle...

Lots of old friends at this meeting -- but not as many new faces. I have no hard numbers to back this up, but like many reading conferences ...

I thought this test was a joke when I first heard about it -- but it is far from funny. Dr. Goodman has approved this article for sharing --...

Stories are the bridge between who we are and who we used to be. Listening to the other presenter's stories, I'm drawn to cross thos...

This is a happening place, students were active in a common area making little literacy bags to hold their books and their journals and penc...

Breakfast with Poets -- Brod Bagert and me. Many in the audience were more familiar with Brod than with me, so I did a little overview of ho...